Door sensor notification help

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Creating an automation to announce the door is now closed is a simple task but wouldn’t be ideal. It would notify you every time the door was closed, even if it wasn’t left open for more than 5 minutes.

We can’t simply use a ‘for 5 minutes’ in the door-closure automation because we aren’t looking for the door to be closed for 5 minutes.

We want an automation that reports door-closure but only if the door was previously left open for more than 5 minutes.

Start by creating an input_boolean:

input_boolean:
  door1_left_open:
    name: Door1 Left Open

Modify your existing ‘Door Open’ automation so it turns on the input_boolean when the door opens. I assume the states you are using for sensor.door1 are correct? (‘Open’ and ‘Closed’) It’s usually ‘on’ and ‘off’.

- id: door1_open
  alias: 'Door 1 is open'
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.door1
    to: 'Open'
    for:
      minutes: 5
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: input_boolean.turn_on
    entity_id: input_boolean.door1_left_open

Create a second automation for handling door closure. It turns off the input_boolean but only if it is already on.

- id: door1_closed
  alias: 'Door 1 is closed'
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.door1
    to: 'Closed'
  condition:
    condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.door1_left_open
    state: 'on'
  action:
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    entity_id: input_boolean.door1_left_open

Create one more automation that is triggered by the input_boolean. This automation is responsible for announcing Door1 is ‘left open’ or ‘is now closed’.

- id: door1_notifier
  alias: 'Door 1 Notifier'
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.door1_left_open
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: notify.door_notify
    data_template:
      title: "{{ 'Door1 left open!' if trigger.to_state.state == 'on' else 'Door1 closed' }}"
      message: >-
        {% if trigger.to_state.state == 'on' %}
          Door 1 has been open since {{states.zwave.ecolink_door_window_sensor.attributes.receivedTS}}.
        {% else %}
          Door1 has been closed.
        {% endif %}

I haven’t tested it so it may require additional refinements. However, it should get you started down the right path. You can easily test the notification portion by manually toggling the input_boolean.

EDIT
Fixed typo. Replaced triggered.to_state with trigger.to_state in two places.

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